Saturday, July 27, 2013

How Do You Use A Meat Thermometer

By Lori Buenavista


Meat thermometers are an essential kitchen tool. They will let you tell when meat is thoroughly cooked without cutting in it (which lets juices and moisture escape). Appropriate use of a meat thermometer can also prevent food poisoning mainly because you're able to pinpoint the precise internal temperature of the meat to ensure it's healthy. Here's the way you use a meat thermometer.

Oven-Proof Thermometers

There's 2 kinds of oven-proof thermometers. Both are designed to be placed into meat and left there throughout the cooking process. Digital oven proof-thermometers come with a digital display and a meat probe that's linked with a prolonged cord. To use a digital oven-proof thermometer: Place the probe directly into the meat, and then close the oven door, ensuring that the cord doesn't pull too snugly and displace the probe once you close the door. Put the digital display on a countertop near the oven where you could effortlessly look into the temperature throughout cooking. There's no need to open the oven door up until the temperature reading reveals that the meat is complete.

Standard dial-type, oven-proof meat thermometers are also designed to be left in the meat throughout the cooking process. A dial-type thermometer incorporates a long, metal probe with a heat dial at the very top. To use a dial-type, oven-safe thermometer: First make certain that it is calibrated appropriately. Boil some water in a saucepan, and then put the probe part of the thermometer into the water. The thermometer should read within 2 degrees of 212F. If it doesn't, adjust the nut underneath the dial. Place the thermometer into the meat, and then proceed with baking as per your recipe ingredients. Open the oven and check out the temperature dial occasionally during the last couple of minutes of cooking to make certain that the meat has arrived at the proper temperature.

Quick-Read Thermometers

Quick-read thermometers are not designed to be abandoned in the oven. Rather, they give a fast method to check food temperatures before serving. These thermometers are available in two varieties: digital and standard dial. They consist of a long, metal probe with a temperature dial or read-out at the top. To use a quick-read thermometer: Look for proper calibration on standard dial thermometers. Place the probe into the meat. Look at the digital display or dial for correct temperature. Placement of thermometer probes.

The position of the thermometer probe depends on the type of meat you're preparing: Poultry: Place the probe into the thigh, near to the breast. Make sure the thermometer isn't touching the bone. Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb (roasts, steaks or chops): Position the probe into the thickest area of the cut, keeping it away from the bone. Ground Meat: Put the probe into the thickest part of meatloaves or casseroles. For hamburger patties, insert the probe sideways into the patty.




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